WWI Digest 456 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Albatros loz. by Erik Pilawskii 2) Re: A 'Hi' and long-shot question by phoward@abilene.com (Paul Howard) 3) Butch O'Hare by bucky@mail.prolog.net (Mary-Ann/Michael) 4) Re: Albatros loz. by bshatzer@orednet.org (Bill Shatzer) 5) RE: Albatros loz. by Shane Weier 6) Re: Butch O'Hare by DavidL1217@aol.com 7) Nungesser by "Valenciano . Jose" 8) warning: dangerous virus on e-mail by lionel.kearns@sfu.ca 9) Re: warning: dangerous virus on e-mail by Jeffrey Heinen 10) Re: Albatros loz. by mbittner@juno.com 11) Nationals Idea by mbittner@juno.com 12) Re: Welcome/Scale Wars by Alberto Rada 13) Getting started/Airbrushes by "Fernando E. Lamas, M.D." 14) Re: Welcome/Scale Wars by "Fernando E. Lamas, M.D." 15) Re: Getting started/Airbrushes by barrett@iplink.net (barrett) 16) Re: Nationals Idea by barrett@iplink.net (barrett) 17) RE: Welcome/Scale Wars by Shane Weier 18) Re[2]: cottage industries by "Shelley Goodwin" 19) Re: A 'Hi' and long-shot question by "Shelley Goodwin" 20) Re: warning: dangerous virus on e-mail by "Rob " 21) Re: Welcome/Scale Wars by phoward@abilene.com (Paul Howard) 22) Re: Welcome/Scale Wars by lothar@ncw.net (mark) 23) Re: Getting started/Airbrushes by lothar@ncw.net (mark) 24) Re: A 'Hi' and long-shot question by lothar@ncw.net (mark) 25) Chandelle vol. 2 # 1 by "Rob " 26) Re: Welcome/Scale Wars by "S.M. Head" 27) Re: A 'Hi' and long-shot question by "Rob " 28) Re: Nationals Idea by "Rob " 29) Re: Ilya Murometz by NPWE28A@prodigy.com ( KENNETH L HAGERUP) 30) ESCI Decals by NPWE28A@prodigy.com ( KENNETH L HAGERUP) 31) Welcome by NPWE28A@prodigy.com ( KENNETH L HAGERUP) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 15:29:06 -0800 (PST) From: Erik Pilawskii To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Albatros loz. Message-ID: Greetings, Thanks all for the generous help (and Bill for the best gaff of recent memory!!). I will now attempt to carry on in the Classical WWI spirit-- gross generalties, bald speculation, and underlying caveats! Thanks again you guys. Cheers, Erik :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: "Mr.Anchovy, perhaps you could move *towards* 'Lion Taming' via Banking, or even Insurance?..." .............................................................................. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 17:21:30 -0600 From: phoward@abilene.com (Paul Howard) To: Subject: Re: A 'Hi' and long-shot question Message-ID: <19970305233615.AAA25596@default> Glenco Albatros: Been there, done that, got the mental wounds to prove it.... Bye the way, you don't have to be a pervert to build it, just have a friend that's willing to bet that it can't be built. Paul ---------- > From: Sandy Adam > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Re: A 'Hi' and long-shot question > Date: Wednesday, March 05, 1997 1:09 PM > > > > > By the way, stay away from the Airfix 2F1 Camel. It's got to be the worst > > of all kits available, bar none! > > Kevin. > > Trust me, me trusties, I have built many Airfix Camels and it is a small > gem compared to the bloody awful Glencoe Albatros. > We mutually slag this kit periodically and then new members join our merry > band and it is our duty to warn them away from it before they buy one, get > it home, break the seal and shout OOOOOHHHH FFFFFFF************KKKKKKKK!! > > Maybe Al should include a health warning on the web page about this worst > of all possible kits, before it turns new WW1 modellers into > axe-murderers. (Is that where that thread came from?) > > (OK I'm sure some clever dick will say he's managed to build one - but > that would get my vote for scratchbuilder of the year (and pervert).) > > A thousand welcomes to all new members - lurking, or outed. > Sandy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 18:56:16 -0500 From: bucky@mail.prolog.net (Mary-Ann/Michael) To: wwi, Multiple recipients of list Subject: Butch O'Hare Message-ID: <199703052356.SAA22286@pease1.sr.unh.edu> Er...I realize this is the wrong war and all, but does anyone know of a way to get the decals in 1/48 for his F4F??? Anyway, I plan on taking a brief break after finishing Ltn. Dotzel's Albatros D-III. Nothing special, just a chance to play around with wood grain ideas you guys keep coming up with. Mike Muth ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 16:17:58 -0800 From: bshatzer@orednet.org (Bill Shatzer) To: wwi Subject: Re: Albatros loz. Message-ID: <199703060017.AA26105@ednet1.orednet.org> Eric wrote: > Greetings, > > Thanks all for the generous help (and Bill for the best gaff of recent >memory!!). -snips- Now there you go, picking on us dyslexics again. Dontcha know that "b's" and "d's" are real difficult for us? :-) Cheers, -- - Bill Shatzer bshatzer@orednet.org - "Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say 'ni' at will to old ladies." ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 09:39:31 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: Albatros loz. Message-ID: Oh no! > >>Now there you go, picking on us dyslexics again. Dontcha know >>that "b's" and "d's" are real difficult for us? > Now we got B&D's as well. I'm ootta here ;-) Actually, my wife has had a chortle at this thread and reports that lozenge rubbers are for sore throats :-0 Shane ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 19:47:33 -0500 (EST) From: DavidL1217@aol.com To: wwi Subject: Re: Butch O'Hare Message-ID: <970305194729_1283200297@emout11.mail.aol.com> Check the Aeromaster range. I believe they have a series of F4F markings. They even had British Avenger/Tarpon markings for the Accurate Minatures kit when it was released! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 09:26:19 +0800 (GMT+0800) From: "Valenciano . Jose" To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Nungesser Message-ID: On Wed, 5 Mar 1997, Mary-Ann/Michael wrote: > Er...I realize this is the wrong war and all, but does anyone know of a way > to get the decals in 1/48 for his F4F??? I would like to know where to get Nungesser black hearts for silver grey Nieuports. These markings have a thin white surround with an even thinner black surround around the white. This differs from the black heart on his Spad 13 which only has the white edging. ********************************************************************* Joey Valenciano WW1 modeller, teacher, jazz musician, joeyval@pusit.admu.edu.ph sitarist tel. (632) 921-26-75 Metro-Manila, Philippines "The more you know, the more you don't know." ********************************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 17:31:13 -0800 From: lionel.kearns@sfu.ca To: whowley@citicom.com, tkearns@autobahn.org, jdziak@postoffice.ptd.net, Subject: warning: dangerous virus on e-mail Message-ID: >From dschaub@research.haifa.ac.il Wed Mar 5 09:29:27 1997 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" From: dschaub@research.haifa.ac.il (danielle schaub) Subject: virus warning Content-Length: 1244 RE: Virus warning This is a message sent to me by a friend who works for a silicon wafer company in Cardiff. Take it as a major storm warning. A dangerous virus is being spread from the Internet through e-mail. If you get an e-mail with the header - PENPAL GREETINGS - destroy the mail without reading it. The mail PENPAL GREETINGS is a letter in which you are asked if you would like to have a penpal. While you are reading the mail a virus called Trojan Horse is already spread to you hard disk, and it destroys all your files. The virus is able to copy itself, this means that when the mail has been read it sends itself automatically to all e-mail addresses which you have in your address lists. This virus destroys your hard disk and probably also the hard disks of the persons on your e-mail address lists and the hard disks of the persons on their address lists and so on. If the virus cannot be stopped it may cause a lot of damage in computer networks all over the world. Destroy the mail - PENPAL GREETINGS - immediately. Please distribute this message to everyone you have e-mail contact with. Danielle Danielle Schaub, 48 Denya Street, POB 55-542, 34980 Haifa, Israel. Tel ++ 972 4 824 7352 Fax ++ 972 4 834 1527 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 17:54:41 -0800 (PST) From: Jeffrey Heinen To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: warning: dangerous virus on e-mail Message-ID: On Wed, 5 Mar 1997 lionel.kearns@sfu.ca wrote: > A dangerous virus is being spread from the Internet through e-mail. > If you get an e-mail with the header - PENPAL GREETINGS - destroy the mail > without reading it. There is no way reading an e-mail message can do any damage to your computer. This is a hoax. The only thing you have to worry about is attachments to e-mail which contain executable files. Don't execute any files which are suspicious. -Jeff +---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Jeff Heinen | "Neccessitas non habet legem." | | jheinen@mcl.ucsb.edu | -St. Augustine | | http://www.calpoly.edu/~jheinen | | |=================================+===================================| | Department of History | Senior Consultant | | University of California | Microcomputer Lab | | Santa Barbara | UCSB | +---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 21:19:31 EST From: mbittner@juno.com To: wwi Subject: Re: Albatros loz. Message-ID: <19970305.201947.13510.20.mbittner@juno.com> On Wed, 5 Mar 1997 19:44:20 -0500 Shane Weier writes: > Actually, my wife has had a chortle at this thread and reports > that lozenge rubbers are for sore throats :-0 ROTFLMAO!!! Gosh, that was *funny*! Great job, Shane. Matt mbittner@juno.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 21:19:31 EST From: mbittner@juno.com To: wwi Subject: Nationals Idea Message-ID: <19970305.201947.13510.21.mbittner@juno.com> How does this sound to people going to Nats this year. Somehow, someway, we should come up with something to show everybody that we're members of this list. Everyone would get one, and then we would wear it whever we attend *any* modeling or WW1 related activity. Solidarity!!! Anybody got any ideas what we would do? I was thinking about a Pour le Merite pin, but have no idea how to get them made. And then we would have to think of some other way to make them unique enough for the list. LMK. Matt mbittner@juno.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 22:36:41 -0400 (AST) From: Alberto Rada To: wwi Subject: Re: Welcome/Scale Wars Message-ID: <199703060236.WAA03776@fw.true.net> At 10:28 PM 04-03-97 -0500, you wrote: > I come as a neutral observer to this Scale War but, from what I have >observed for the past six weeks, it is similar to the wars in medicine: > > 1/72 (The Brain Surgeons) . . . . . > 1/48 (The Breast Surgeons) . . . . . > After this we will start calling each other The brainy pickers or the boson grabbers SALUDOS ALBERTO ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 18:46:22 -0800 (PST) From: "Fernando E. Lamas, M.D." To: wwi Subject: Getting started/Airbrushes Message-ID: <199703060246.SAA00292@olympus.net> So, since my modelling skills are frozen at the 12-year-old-boy-building-Auroras-30- years-ago level. Where to start? I have a copy of the Zenith Books catalog and will be ordering some modelling "how to" books. I figure that will give me an idea of the basics. Now, in regards to the masterpieces that I see illustrated on the WW I modelling web page, is it safe to assume that you all use airbrushes (I have never even seen one) to achieve such results? Best regards, Fernando ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 18:46:19 -0800 (PST) From: "Fernando E. Lamas, M.D." To: wwi Subject: Re: Welcome/Scale Wars Message-ID: <199703060246.SAA00287@olympus.net> At 08:49 AM 3/5/97 -0500, you wrote: >BTW, what kind of doctor are YOU? (Obviously, NOT an orthopedic >surgeon!) >Tom Eisenhour > > Fernando, shall we observe that you are are indeed a Surgeon, or have >you avoided this scheduling suicide by entering something less hectic, >like Radiology or Pathology?... Or, even, *Research*? :^) > >Cheers, Erik I am a radiologist. After looking at my films and scans, I get to tell the surgeons who to cut, what to cut, where to cut, how much to cut and then later get to do a CT Scan to see if they did it. I guess that would make me the medical equivalent of the "Color Police". ;^) With mammography and ultrasound guided drainages, biopsies and mammographically guided wire localizations, I end up doing a lot of breast work and working closely with the breast surgeons. So, it seems that I am destined for the 1/48 camp. Besides, after a 30 year modelling hiatus, I am not yet worthy to even THINK about 1/72. >Peter Fedders >On brain surgeons: several of my Dr. friends tell me brain surgery is not that >exacting - it's just that the public thinks so. Lots of reconstructive surgery is >much harder and exacting. > Peter is right in regards to some neurosurgery which can be downright primitive. Treatment for epidural hematoma: 1.) Bore hole in skull. 2.) Slurp out blood. Archeologists have found skulls which have shown that this operation was performed in ancient times and the healed edges shows that the patients lived! But, in the end, all this ribbing about scales and the medical specialties is all in good fun. Best regards, Fernando Lamas ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 23:17:59 -0500 From: barrett@iplink.net (barrett) To: wwi Subject: Re: Getting started/Airbrushes Message-ID: > Now, in regards to the masterpieces that I see illustrated on the WW I >modelling web page, is it safe to assume that you all use airbrushes (I have >never even seen one) to achieve such results? > Forget airbrushes. Nothing beats patience, a steady hand, light application of paint and plenty of test subjects! When I get one to look right, I'll let you know. Ya, I'm from the Commonwealth, and thus very much related to the British brushers. Good luck, Kevin. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 23:19:52 -0500 From: barrett@iplink.net (barrett) To: wwi Subject: Re: Nationals Idea Message-ID: Matt suggested: > >Somehow, someway, we should come up with something >to show everybody that we're members of this list. > How about a button (pretty cheap to produce) showing a WWI two-seater dropping leaflets (like our e-mail)? Kevin. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 12:25:22 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: Welcome/Scale Wars Message-ID: Alberto, > >>After this we will start calling each other >>The brainy pickers or the boson grabbers It could be worse. Shane (member of the 1/48 th Flying Corps) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 05 Mar 97 19:25:43 PST From: "Shelley Goodwin" To: wwi Subject: Re[2]: cottage industries Message-ID: <9702058576.AA857619140@mx.Ricochet.net> Bob, At the risk of being obtuse, aren't there enough WWII aftermarket choices for decals that you could get Superscale or Areomaster sheets to offer with your kits get them at a bulk rate? Would this be more expensive than having them made, or are your subjects obscure enough that existing stuff won't 'fit' them? Riordan ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: cottage industries Author: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu at Internet Date: 3/5/97 7:39 AM mbittner@juno.com wrote: > > On Mon, 3 Mar 1997 10:44:05 -0500 Bob Norgren > writes: > > > Start your own business and see for yourself. But take my > > advice. Don't quit your day job... > > I never said it didn't take money, time and effort. I'm just > wondering why Sierra Scale (one of the premiere cottage > industries - thanks, Bob!) and others such as Rosemont can be > affordable while Skybirds and JMGT are so much more than > affordable. Probably because they have "complete" kits and farm out all the goodies to subcontractors, which in turn have to make a profit. Rosemont's kits are affordable because you don't get photoetched, decals, white metal, etc. Only the basic resin parts. As for my kits, I've cut out all the frills and have either injected small parts which I do myself on my little machine or Aeroclub "off the shelf" metal parts which I trade for. I'm debating now whether to go to resin for the structually complicated WWII kits this year but with metal parts and decals, the kits will have to retail in the $70-100 range. It gets expensive in a hurry when you have to pay for resin and white metal casting and decals. Bob ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 05 Mar 97 19:14:28 PST From: "Shelley Goodwin" To: wwi Subject: Re: A 'Hi' and long-shot question Message-ID: <9702058576.AA857619130@mx.Ricochet.net> DS, As list librarian I feel obligated to offer a WAG (wild-assed guess) at the title/author of your book. From what I know, what you describe sounds a little like Geoff Taylor's "Goshawk Squadron", although I seem to remember an S.E.5 on the cover. I'm in the process of accumulating WWI pilot memoirs in paperback. Any of you clever dicks can jump in and offer another semi-informed opinion... BTW, I'm another pervert who built the dreaded Glencoe D.III, *and* I was twisted enough to give it custom Polish insignia and markings of those red-blooded American boys in the Kosciuszko Squadron. FWIW, Riordan Riordan ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: A 'Hi' and long-shot question Author: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu at Internet Date: 3/5/97 12:28 AM Hello, folks! New to the list (been lurking since last Thursday or so), but it's a great bunch so far, and I'm all cranked up over buying a bunch of kits today in a private sale -- mostly run-of-the-mill (yes, 'dinky-toy' scale, if you're going there...) Airfix kits, but there's a couple of good ones mixed in and it's my first purchase outside of a hobby shop and I got the whole pile for about the same price as a couple of 'cottage industry' kits and anyway it's not right to deface any of these peoples' 'labor of love' with my current level of building 'skills', so it's better to carve up the faceless product of some impersonal corporation until I've 'earned the right to wear the lozenges' anyway and... Errr, oh, yeah, the question: I'm trying to find a book, possibly one of a trilogy(?), read about 20 years ago. It was fictional, but well written, much in the style of Heller's 'Catch-22', from the viewpoint of an RFC pilot flying Sopwith Dolphins late in the war (natch -- wouldn't do to set it earlier with him running around the field flapping his arms and shouting "I'm in a plane not invented yet" and making "BBBWWWWAAARRRVVVVSSHHHH" noises!). There was a bit towards the end when the main character was involved in parachute tests (here, the 'Catch-22' similarity was hoist high!), and, unfortunately, that's all I remember. Physically, it was a hardcover of fairly standard novel size, and new (or a new printing) as of about 1979 or so. Haven't got the nerve to pose this one to the ultra-urban San Francisco librarian set, with their zooty new building featuring every modern convenience except BOOKS THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY CHECK OUT (sorry, not really razzing the home team, but their WWI military history section is about nine volumes comprised of moldy Time-Life rejects and "A Study of Granola Consumption in the Trenches" ultra-PC research papers, and most of *them* are "reference only"!). Anyway, if anyone remembers title(s), author, name of principal characters etc., much less an actual source for a copy(ies) of this book, they could be happily rewarded with either my eternal gratitude or a Minicraft SPAD XIII 'short-shot' that was thrown in with today's sale. ;-) -DS- P.S. Love the daily postings of E.C.C. Genet's diary from 'homanger'! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 20:36:52 +0000 From: "Rob " To: wwi Subject: Re: warning: dangerous virus on e-mail Message-ID: <199703060341.WAA23045@newman.concentric.net> Ms. Schaub: You are the victim of a hoax. E-mail is plain ASCII text. It isn't executable so it can't be a virus. Encoded binary attachments might contain viruses, but they aren't executable either, unless you decode them with conversion software and tell your operating system to run the result. Encoded word processor and spreadsheet documents might contain macro-language viruses, but they also have to be decoded and loaded to do any damage. Good anti-virus software can usually trap both kinds of attack if you use it right. Please don't worry and please don't worry others by spreading this story. Just don't run strange programs and use a virus scanner and you will be as safe as can be. > RE: Virus warning > > This is a message sent to me by a friend who works for a silicon wafer > company in Cardiff. Take it as a major storm warning. > > A dangerous virus is being spread from the Internet through e-mail. > If you get an e-mail with the header - PENPAL GREETINGS - destroy the mail > without reading it. > > The mail PENPAL GREETINGS is a letter in which you are asked if you would > like to have a penpal. While you are reading the mail a virus called Trojan > Horse is already spread to you hard disk, and it destroys all your files. > The virus is able to copy itself, this means that when the mail has been > read it sends itself automatically to all e-mail addresses which you have > in your address lists. This virus destroys your hard disk and probably also > the hard disks of the persons on your e-mail address lists and the hard > disks of the persons on their address lists and so on. If the virus cannot > be stopped it may cause a lot of damage in computer networks all over the > world. Destroy the mail - PENPAL GREETINGS - immediately. Please > distribute this message to everyone you have e-mail contact with. > > > > Danielle > > Danielle Schaub, > 48 Denya Street, > POB 55-542, > 34980 Haifa, > Israel. > Tel ++ 972 4 824 7352 > Fax ++ 972 4 834 1527 > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 21:40:46 -0600 From: phoward@abilene.com (Paul Howard) To: Subject: Re: Welcome/Scale Wars Message-ID: <19970306035425.AAA13987@default> Hmmm......... Let me see if I follow this line of thought. The smaller the scale a modeler works in, the more skillful the modeler? Or the smaller the scale, the more impressive the result? And here I thought size didn't matter.... Pick a scale, and be happy. Or better yet pick two and be really happy! Paul So who is gonna tell guys like George Lee, Bob Rice, Bob Davies or Alan Clark that in scale terms they would be the equivalent of a Pre Med. Student? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 22:39:34 -0800 (PST) From: lothar@ncw.net (mark) To: wwi Subject: Re: Welcome/Scale Wars Message-ID: <199703060639.WAA08871@concord.televar.com> >Hmmm......... Let me see if I follow this line of thought. > The smaller the scale a modeler works in, the more skillful the modeler? >Or the smaller the scale, the more impressive the result? > >And here I thought size didn't matter.... It doesn't - just make sure you're wearing your lozenge! >Pick a scale, and be happy. Or better yet pick two and be really happy! I dunno...there's some bi-scaleular people on this list, but I'm not sure that they're really happy that way, just confused.........;-) Mark ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 22:45:46 -0800 (PST) From: lothar@ncw.net (mark) To: wwi Subject: Re: Getting started/Airbrushes Message-ID: <199703060645.WAA09955@concord.televar.com> >> Now, in regards to the masterpieces that I see illustrated on the WW I >>modelling web page, is it safe to assume that you all use airbrushes (I have >>never even seen one) to achieve such results? >> > > >Forget airbrushes. Nothing beats patience, a steady hand, light application >of paint and plenty of test subjects! When I get one to look right, I'll >let you know. > >Ya, I'm from the Commonwealth, and thus very much related to the British >brushers. Despite being a non-Commonwealth type, I too am not an airbrusher...mainly because I just haven't felt the need to go out and buy one yet. I find that a good brush technique somehow creates more of a fabric look where it is needed, and you just can't do a woodgrain effect (e.g., Albatros fuselage) with an airbrush, AFAIK. That leaves metal surfaces and rubber tires, both of which in 1/48 are small enough on most AC to be easily doable with a paint brush. Mark ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 22:59:49 -0800 (PST) From: lothar@ncw.net (mark) To: wwi Subject: Re: A 'Hi' and long-shot question Message-ID: <199703060659.WAA12378@concord.televar.com> Riordan sayeth: > BTW, I'm another pervert who built the dreaded Glencoe D.III, *and* I > was twisted enough to give it custom Polish insignia and markings of > those red-blooded American boys in the Kosciuszko Squadron. Well then I must be doubly perverted 'cause I built the Glencoe <>. The first time around was a little over 2 years ago, it was my first WWI model since approximately 1971. At the time, I thought it was fairly good, but that was before discovering this list - now I wouldn't let anyone see it if they paid me! The second Glencoe effort was done up in Turkish markings, about one year ago, with some corrections/modifications. It's still reasonably good, but I've learned the hard way that the Glencoe is best avoided. If you really want to do a DIII in 1/48, wait for the Eduard, or get the Smer and modify it. Either one will be a hell of a lot less work..... Mark ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 00:00:14 +0000 From: "Rob " To: wwi Subject: Chandelle vol. 2 # 1 Message-ID: <199703060704.CAA21288@cliff.cris.com> The long-promised all-WW1 issue of Chandelle is now on-line at . It features the list's own Riordan on the Rumpler G Types, the conclusion to our feature on the Hanriot HD fighters, a piece on Plan 1919, a pictorial on Bolshevik fighters, and a modeler's how-to on scratchbuilding liquid-cooled engines. All articles are extensively illustrated (the pictures even include a couple of tanks for those who prefer agricultural vehicles to airplanes). Rob Johnson, Editor ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 02:10:16 -0500 From: "S.M. Head" To: wwi Subject: Re: Welcome/Scale Wars Message-ID: <9703060208.aa03681@mail.iapc.net> >>Pick a scale, and be happy. Or better yet pick two and be really happy! > >I dunno...there's some bi-scaleular people on this list, but I'm not sure >that they're really happy that way, just confused.........;-) > >Mark I don't know Mark, ever tried two scales at once? ;-)) Cheers! Scott Head Scott H ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scott M. Head (smh@iapc.net) | IPMS/USA #32841 | "Make it idiot proof - IPMS/Houston Scale Model Forum | and someone will make a better idiot!" http://web-hou.iapc.net/~smh | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 00:03:02 +0000 From: "Rob " To: wwi Subject: Re: A 'Hi' and long-shot question Message-ID: <199703060707.CAA22028@cliff.cris.com> I actually enjoyed the Glencoe D.III Oef. It looked rather grand with its scratch-built Austro-Daimler unitl I melted it doing photography for an FSM aticle. I still grieve (though not enough to build another). ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 00:04:27 +0000 From: "Rob " To: wwi Subject: Re: Nationals Idea Message-ID: <199703060708.CAA22440@cliff.cris.com> > How about a button (pretty cheap to produce) showing a WWI two-seater > dropping leaflets (like our e-mail)? > > Kevin. Neeat idea. Wish I could go. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 22:51:27, -0500 From: NPWE28A@prodigy.com ( KENNETH L HAGERUP) To: wwi Subject: Re: Ilya Murometz Message-ID: <199703060351.WAA138828@mime4.prodigy.com> -- [ From: Kenneth Hagerup * EMC.Ver #2.5.3 ] -- Thanks to Francois and others for the sage advice on the 1/72 Murometz. I think I'm also running out of reasons to postpone buying the Aircraft of the Imperial Russian Air Force book. I have to agree that the decals with the kit appear unusable, but the markings are simple enough to accomplish with masks and airbrushing. Ken -- Kenneth Hagerup 11419 South 43rd Ave Omaha, NE 68123 npwe28a@prodigy.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 22:51:25, -0500 From: NPWE28A@prodigy.com ( KENNETH L HAGERUP) To: wwi Subject: ESCI Decals Message-ID: <199703060351.WAB125236@mime4.prodigy.com> -- [ From: Kenneth Hagerup * EMC.Ver #2.5.3 ] -- Is it just me, or are all the decals with the ESCI 1/72 WWI fighters completely useless? I have never been able to get these to conform or adhere to the surface of even the glossiest paint. At least there aren't any schemes with the ESCI kits that aren't covered by the aftermarket sources, but it would have been nice to be able to use the national insignia. Ken -- Kenneth Hagerup 11419 South 43rd Ave Omaha, NE 68123 npwe28a@prodigy.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 22:51:24, -0500 From: NPWE28A@prodigy.com ( KENNETH L HAGERUP) To: wwi Subject: Welcome Message-ID: <199703060351.WAB134692@mime4.prodigy.com> -- [ From: Kenneth Hagerup * EMC.Ver #2.5.3 ] -- Please allow me to add my welcome to Fernando. Another fellow ex-Navy person on the list can only improve the quality of this already august group. I'm also a little envious of the scenery in the northwest US. I spent about ten years stationed at NAS Whidbey Island and have very fond memories of Puget Sound, the Olympic and Cascade mountain ranges, and Seattle. Ken -- Kenneth Hagerup 11419 South 43rd Ave Omaha, NE 68123 npwe28a@prodigy.com ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 456 *********************